Chapter 7 Going Through the Past Again
"Commandery Princess," Fu Dong approached quietly, knowing that the Commandery Princess was difficult to attend to upon waking, especially in these past two days, and with the severe cold outside that she disliked.
Nian Ru slightly opened her half-closed eyelids. The dream from the middle of the night, with Ju Nanyi and Zheng Congyuan's figures passing through her dream again and again, made her regret getting out of bed the moment she did. She should have stayed burrowed in her bedding on such a day.
"Commandery Princess, something happened outside. A eunuch found something," whispered Fu Dong. Nanny Yun had said that the person was somewhat troublesome.
Finally opening her eyes, Nian Ru sat up, and Fu Dong immediately draped a silver rat fur blanket over her. Hurrying to fetch shoes, she still couldn't keep pace with her mistress. Nian Ru set her bare feet on the flat wooden porch.
The morning's snowfall had already been carefully cleared away. The corridor encircled the entire Qishun Building, warmed and dried from below by charcoal fire. The warm vapor intertwined with the outdoor cold in the air.
The corridor connected to the greenhouse. As she stepped into the greenhouse, the voices gradually became clear.
"You servants, confess honestly. It will be problematic once more people are summoned," Yu Lihuai snorted coldly, sizing up the few people in front of him. They didn't wear the Empress Dowager's court uniforms, their status not apparent, and he had nothing to fear.
"Sisterhood, I just wanted to break off some fresh branches of flowers. There's nothing else," Hong Chou tried to appease the situation and turned to plead with Yu Lihuai, "Eunuch Yu..."
"It's none of your business," Yu Lihuai interrupted Hong Chou's words. Gold and Silver Carbon was not a trivial matter. With the sudden drop in temperature, charcoal was in urgent demand. Even those of status couldn't get enough Gold and Silver Carbon, so how could he let the situation calm down? Perhaps he could even catch a thief and win favor in front of Eunuch Jin.
Yu Lihuai suddenly stopped speaking, as his eyes landed on a large group of people suddenly appearing before him. Although a great number of people were present, his gaze was fixated on the face in the center, unable to look away. Such beauty...
Even Yu Lihuai, who was accustomed to the beauty within the Harem—an area once gathering the world's gorgeous women—was now astounded by the person before him. Moreover, she was dressed in a stunning red felt cloak, adorned with splendid phoenix feathers neatly arranged. How many foxes had to be gathered to make something so exquisite? He immediately doubted his judgment, but the direction from Xingqing Hall wasn't where the concubines resided.